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By Missourian Photo Archives ¦
Vernon Soles and his daughter, Jennifer Kay Soles, wait for the bus at the Wabash station on Oct. 31, 1993. "Are we going to the mall?" asked Jennifer. "No, not today, we're just going home," said Soles.

By ORLIN WAGNER/The Associated Press ¦
A statue of famed pitcher Satchel Paige stands in the middle of a ceremony at the Negro League Museum on Thursday in Kansas City. Negro League Baseball commemorative stamps were dedicated during the ceremony.

By Associated Press ¦
Around the world, people are looking for ways to beat the heat. Here, 3-year-old Branden Turner gets cool water poured on his face by his aunt, Jennifer Connor, at Kids Space in Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday.

By Brynn McIsaac¦
Groundbreaking for the new high school begins today. Although official attendance boundaries will not be discussed until early 2011, high school seniors will not be included in the school's opening year of fall 2013.

By TOM NAGEL/Missourian ¦
Wale Aliyu, center, discusses strategy with team Buckingham, left to right, Zakaria El-Tayash, Saeed Hamed, Roman Trass, Carl Bivens, and Justin Seamon at Moonlight Hoops in Douglas Park on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Aliyu coaches the team with friend Fuad Khaleel. The two organized the team from young men they play basketball with at the Armory. Buckingham won their game against The Beast that evening. Games are played on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings through July with a tournament in August.

By ERIK HAUGSBY/Missourian ¦
Carl Edwards, right, rides with his friend Sam Russell, far left, for the third annual Ride with Carl for Sam, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The ride, which began at Walt’s Bicycle Fitness and Wilderness Co., followed the 8.9 mile MTK Nature and Fitness Trail, which runs from near downtown Columbia to McBaine. Approximately 60 bicycle enthusiasts participated in the event, which Edwards started to help raise money for his friend Russell, who was paralyzed from the waist down after he was involved in a mountain biking accident.

By Erik Haugsby¦
Carl Edwards, right, rides with his friend Sam Russell, left, for the third annual Ride with Carl for Sam on Wednesday. The ride, which began at Walt's Bicycle Fitness and Wilderness Co., followed the 8.9 mile MTK Nature and Fitness Trail, which runs from near downtown Columbia to McBaine. Approximately 60 bicycle enthusiasts participated in the event that Edwards started to help raise money for his friend Russell, who was paralyzed from the waist down after he was involved in a mountain biking accident.

By Hye Soo Nah¦
Construction machines sit on the new high school lot on East St. Charles Rd. on Tuesday, where the Columbia Public School District is opening up a new high school. The construction work is projected to be completed in 24 to 35 months.

By Hye Soo Nah¦
Derek Graupman, left, and Riley Phillips inspect a scraper at the new high school lot on East St. Charles Rd. on Tuesday, where the Columbia Public School District is opening up a new high school. The scraper is used to kick up dirt and level out the soil to get the correct elevation before the early stages of the construction begins. The ground breaking ceremony will be on Thursday.

By Hye Soo Nah¦
Anne Billington, assistant Principal at Paxton Keeley Elementary School, hands out survey sheets as Katie Liu, 9, left, and Kaitilyn Townsend, 10, listen to the instructions. The school conducted a survey Wednesday on the beans and rice on the menu to find out what the students liked the most.

By Hye Soo Nah¦
Chris Belcher, Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools, joins Micaiah Rice, left, and Adrienne Smith for lunch on Wednesday. Paxton Keeley is one of the three schools in Columbia to supplement a new pilot lunch program that uses locally grown foods with rice and beans.

By Hye Soo Nah¦
Paul Wallace shows the area near his house on Taylor Street that the East Campus Neighborhood Association is trying to raise money for so that it can be donated to the Clyde Wilson Memorial Park. "We want to maintain the naturalness of this area right in the middle of the city," Wallace said.